Saleniidae
- Phylum: Echinodermata
- Class: Echinoidea
- Order: Salenioida
- Family: Saleniidae
Overview
Saleniidae Agassiz, 1838
Common Name: Sea urchin
Extant/Extinct
Key morphological features: Test is very ornamented with long, slender primary spines.
SIZE:
Paleoecology:
MOBILITY: Mobile
FEEDING MODE: Detritivore
HABITAT: Semi-infaunal
Sources:
Fell, H. B. and Pawson, L. P., 1966. Systematic Descriptions, in R. C. Moore ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U, Echinodermata 3, Volume 2. The University of Kansas and Geological Society of America. 695 pp.
